vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-8645: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2016-772)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Nov 27, 2016 | Dec 9, 2016 | Oct 14, 2022 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Nov 27, 2016
Added
Dec 9, 2016
Modified
Oct 14, 2022
Description
The TCP stack in the Linux kernel before 4.8.10 mishandles skb truncation, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted application that makes sendto system calls, related to net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c and net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel
References
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